Willow Danielle Rosenberg is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was portrayed by Alyson Hannigan, who also played the character in three episodes of the show's spin-off, Angel and the pilot for Buffy the Animated Series .
Willow is the show's only major character known to be Jewish, and later was one of the most prominent lesbian characters in American television. In 2007, AOL nam...
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Willow Danielle Rosenberg is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was portrayed by Alyson Hannigan, who also played the character in three episodes of the show's spin-off, Angel and the pilot for Buffy the Animated Series .
Willow is the show's only major character known to be Jewish, and later was one of the most prominent lesbian characters in American television. In 2007, AOL named her the second greatest witch in television history, behind Samantha Stephens of Bewitched.
Willow is introduced in Buffy's first episode "Welcome to the Hellmouth", wherein Willow befriends new Sunnydale High student Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Throughout the first season (1997) of Buffy, Willow assists Buffy in her duties as Slayer after Buffy's Watcher, Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) introduces her to the world of vampires and demons, and she pines for the love of best friend Xander (Nicholas Brendon) who is enamored of Buffy....
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